The Center for Wooden Boats

Seattle, WA

The Center for Wooden Boats offers an opportunity to experience the dimensions of an earlier time, to put your hand... More About Me »

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Listings offered in: Arts and Crafts, Boat Building & Repair, Sailing, Self-improvement, Woodworking, Drawing, Metalworking, Sewing & Fabric Arts

Sailing

Learn Safe Boating with CWB and the Coast Guard Auxiliary

This introductory boating course will emphasize recreational boating safety in the Pacific Northwest. The subjec…

1 session available for $30.00
- All ages
- Intermediate, Advanced
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Get Your Captain's License with CWB and U.S. Maritime Academy

Have you always wanted to get your captain's license, but shudder at the thought of all those tests? The Center …

1 session available for $1,125.00
- All ages
- Intermediate, Advanced
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Engineer for a Day

Kick the tires and light the fires onboard historic vessels at Lake Union Park, including the tugboat Arthur Fos…

1 session available for $48.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Get Zapped

An intensive three-day sailing course for two. This condensed and personalized version of our award-winning Sail…

1 session available for $650.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Docking under Sail

Are you a competent sailor with plenty of experience, but are a little worried about sailing your boat into the …

1 session available for $40.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Introduction to Spinnakers

Pop the chute on your next downwind run! Spinnakers are big, colorful and powerful downwind sails that usually s…

1 session available for $75.00
- All ages
- Intermediate, Advanced
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RaceNOW! One Design Racing Clinic

You’ve learned to sail, and now you want to race! RaceNOW! is an opportunity for intermediate sailors to learn h…

1 session available for $190.00
- All ages
- Intermediate
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Youth Twilight Race Series

A clinic and coaching for youth who want to join ourcasual Friday night race series in 2009. 5-8pm Fridays. …

1 session available for $25.00
- 10 to 16 year olds
- Intermediate, Advanced
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Twilight Race Series

CWB will again be hosting a casual Friday night race series in 2009, inviting sailors with a current check-out a…

1 session available for $30.00
- All ages
- Intermediate, Advanced
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Boat Building & Repair

Caulking For Beginners

A tight wooden boat is a strong boat. The caulking in the seams compresses the planks and adds stiffness to the …

1 session available for $50.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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The Fundamentals of Steam Bending: Making Mast Hoops

Are you fascinated by the art of steam bending but bewildered by the process? Mast Hoops have been traditionally…

1 session available for $95.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Lapstrake Boatbuilding: The Lake Oswego Boat

One of our goals at The Center for Wooden Boats is to present unique learning opportunities in the art and craft…

1 session available for $900.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Cold Molded Boat Building

John Guzzwell has championed cold molded boatbuilding and has proved that it is an excellent way to build. The c…

1 session available for $600.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Wood Strip Kayak Building "Classic"

Work side by-side with the instructor and other students and learn the methods and techniques that are required …

1 session available for $800.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Family Boat Building

Under the guidance of a professional boatwright and assisted by CWB’s volunteers, families will build the Union …

1 session available for $1,400.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Half Model Making

Boats were traditionally designed from Half Models. From the carved hull form, lines were drawn and scaled up to…

1 session available for $260.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Aleut Ikyak (Baidarka) Workshop

The Aleut Ikyak, also widely known as the Baidarka, has been used for thousands of years as the primary method o…

1 session available for $1,200.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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Metalworking

Bronze Casting Workshop

Sam Johnson will introduce the basics of patternmaking, sand molding and bronze casting during this engaging ha…

1 session available for $280.00
- 18 year olds or older
- Beginner, Intermediate
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Woodworking

Women’s Woodworking II

Ladies! Now that you've completed Woodworking 1, come back for more! Your homework begins with a set of plans a…

1 session available for $225.00
- All ages
- Beginner
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Oar Making

Good oars are hard to find in the market! This two-day workshop provides a hands-on introduction to the craft of…

1 session available for $290.00
- All ages
- All difficulty levels
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